I picked off 5 of the best fan leaves and I'm keeping them as momentoes.
I noticed about 5 "bud" sites, and you can see 2 of them in the first picture. However the "bud" sites were also riddled with bananas, and the actual flowers were maybe a quarter inch in diameter. So I think I had gotten the male to Hermie a bit because I had to perfect the lights and ensure there was no light within the 12 hour dark period, and I'm positive I must've stressed it a bit and made it do this.
Nonetheless it would've been inefficient to continue on. The balls to bud ratio was about 15:1, not promising at all. I picked a handful of the balls off thinking of what I should do before I just said forget it and chopped.
RIP first grow, I learned a lot from this experience
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